PRINTER'S NO. 1705
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1497
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY SMITH, GUENST, STAATS, KINSEY, ROZZI AND KAUFFMAN,
JUNE 23, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JUNE 23, 2023
AN ACT
Designating a bridge, identified as Bridge Key 19716, carrying
State Route 2019 over Mahoning Creek in Bell Township,
Jefferson County, as the SP4 Michael Raymond Ishman Memorial
Bridge.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. SP4 Michael Raymond Ishman Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Michael Raymond Ishman was born June 2, 1946, in
Punxsutawney, Jefferson County.
(2) He served in the Vietnam War with C Company, Second
Battalion, Mechanized 22nd Infantry, 4th Platoon, 3rd Brigade
of the 4th Division in the United States Army.
(3) On January 12, 1967, SP4 Ishman was working with his
platoon to find an abandoned Viet Cong campsite during
Operation Cedar Falls when he was struck and killed by an
enemy sniper.
(4) For his service to the United States, SP4 Ishman was
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awarded the National Defense Service Medal, the Vietnam
Service Medal, the Vietnam Campaign medal, a Bronze Star and
the Purple Heart.
(b) Designation.--The bridge, identified as Bridge Key
19716, carrying State Route 2019 over Mahoning Creek in Bell
Township, Jefferson County, is designated the SP4 Michael
Raymond Ishman Memorial Bridge.
(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the bridge to
traffic in both directions.
Section 2. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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